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Research tells us that students who attend school regularly and on time have more positive educational outcomes. Please do your utmost to ensure that children arrive at school by 8:50am each day. When they are absent it is important that you advise the school promptly. You can do this sending a text to 0407 229 560, via tiqbiz (there is an ‘absence’ button on the ‘Whole School’ page) or phoning the office on 5996 2878.

The National Testing Program in Literacy and Numeracy was conducted last week for all our eligible Year 3 and Year 5 students.

WHAT IS THE NAPLAN TEST?

The test is held annually for Year 3, 5 7 and 9 students Australia wide. Literacy and Numeracy are tested and the results are independently assessed by a team of approved assessors. It is marked not only on content but the students’ understanding of our language and how it works. The numeracy test assesses how our students can apply Mathematics to solving problems.

Our local environment continues to be quite dangerous and we are constantly worried about your children coming to and from school. We have had a series of near misses and driver complaints because some children have not been taking notice when they have been crossing roads or have been playing with their mates on their way to school.

In 2015 we introduced the Stomp Dance Company to provide a school wide dance program and also assist Mrs Start in implementing the Annual School Concert. This was the first time that we had introduced an outside provider to assist us in developing a high quality performance and it proved to be a resounding success. Whilst this program is beneficial in supporting our preparation for concert, this is only one reason we have decided to include it within our curriculum.

At our last School Council the new School Council had its first meeting for the year where I presented the Annual Report to the school community. The Annual Report celebrates our achievements for the year, identifies the areas of improvement and provides us with some data around our student achievement levels that we can work on and improve.

The Annual Report contains information that is important and is in the following sections:

Our local environment continues to be quite dangerous and we are constantly worried about your children coming to and from school. We have had a series of near misses and driver complaints because some children have not been taking notice when they have been crossing roads or have been playing with their mates on their way to school. We have some strategies to assist.

Our school is a safe and secure environment normally but sometimes emergencies happen that are outside our control. Over the years it has always been our practice to inform all our families if there has been an incident to reassure you that we have recognised the problem and we are using our well practised procedures to deal with them so that our children and staff are safe. This is always our first priority.